Considering the numbers involved on both sides, the bitter month long build-up to the violent climax, the enmity of picketers and mill management and the industrial issues involved, the level of violence on 4 June was relatively low compared with other major police-picketer clashes in Australia's industrial history.

The Company filed a motion for a temporary restraining order earlier this week seeking to limit the precise locations where picketers could stand and the total number of pickets allowed near the gates.

She is also blamed by many for her government's stance against striking miners, which saw police launch a crackdown against picketers, arresting 11,291 people and charging 8,392 with public order offences.

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